Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 86-48?
It has. 86-48 has been a NCAA Men's Basketball final 16 times in 141,662 games. The first was Pennsylvania Quakers beat Indiana State Sycamores on November 30, 2003; the latest was Eastern Michigan Eagles beat Cleary University Cougars on December 5, 2025.
That makes 86-48 the 1373rd most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 87-48 has happened 23 times and 86-49 has happened 20 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 86-48 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | Eastern Michigan Eagles over Cleary University Cougars | 2026 | |
| 2022-11-11 | Illinois Fighting Illini over Kansas City Roos | 2023 | |
| 2021-11-20 | Baylor Bears over Stanford Cardinal | 2022 | |
| 2020-12-05 | Utah Tech Trailblazers over University of Saint Katherine Firebirds | 2021 | |
| 2019-11-14 | Pacific Tigers over Pacific Union Pioneers | 2020 | |
| 2018-12-15 | Utah State Aggies over Alabama State Hornets | 2019 | |
| 2017-11-24 | Penn State Nittany Lions over Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | 2018 | |
| 2016-01-30 | Gonzaga Bulldogs over San Francisco Dons | 2016 | |
| 2015-12-12 | Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks over Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-13 | Virginia Cavaliers over Morgan State Bears | 2016 | |
| 2013-12-31 | Duke Blue Devils over Elon Phoenix | 2014 | |
| 2013-12-11 | Ohio State Buckeyes over Bryant Bulldogs | 2014 | |
| 2012-02-11 | BYU Cougars over Pepperdine Waves | 2012 | |
| 2009-12-30 | Vanderbilt Commodores over Manhattan Jaspers | 2010 | |
| 2004-01-26 | Princeton Tigers over South Vermont Mountaineers | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-30 | Pennsylvania Quakers over Indiana State Sycamores | 2004 |
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